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Last Wednesday, a Spend Matters UK and US contingent hit the latest eWorld Procurement and Supply conference and exhibition at the QE2 Centre London. We will have more detailed reporting on a number of the presentations including very good keynotes…

The BBC’s head buyer is optimistic the procurement function won’t be replaced by robots if it adapts to become a strategic part of the business. “Don’t be that function that’s the old oil tanker, taking months to change its processes.…

At the recent eWorld event, I led a workshop discussion titled "Making a Difference".   The nature of those sessions at eWorld is "no PowerPoint", which suited the somewhat last minute decision to do this, and it is a rule that…

At the recent eWorld event, the keynote speech was delivered by Giles Breault. He was CPO in a number of Pharma firms and ended up at Novartis where his role encompassed both procurement and other "productivity" initiatives. I first met…

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The newly refurbished QEII exhibition centre in Westminster threw its doors open once more to the 31stclick here.

eWorld was back again yesterday at the QEII Centre in Westminster, with a full cast of exhibiting solution providers, a strong conference programme and around 200 delegates from a wide range of public and private sector organisations... To find out…

“Scanmarket is excited to announce that Emirates Flight Catering recently became one of the newest members of the Scanmarket strategic sourcing family. Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) is using Scanmarket to manage sourcing, collaboration and tenders with all their suppliers.  …

McKinsey started off its “Global Payments 2015: A Healthy Industry Confronts Disruption” report by outlining the four potential disruptions that will alter the payments industry during the next years…. Read the full report on

One of the presentations at eWorld last week came from Alex Saric, Global Vice President Marketing, SAP Ariba. He talked about “Thriving in the digital networked world – how Procurement can lead the way,” – digital disruption is not just…